AT&T Launches Ultra-Fast Internet Speeds in St. Louis

12-Aug-16

Posted by: BBC Wires @ 1:14 pm

ST. LOUIS, MO — AT&T launched ultra-fast Internet service in parts of St. Louis, St. Charles and University City with more communities to be announced by the end of the year. Customers in those areas will be able to get speeds up to 1 Gbps in homes, apartments and businesses. Eligible business customers in the St. Louis market area can now download and upload speeds up to 1 Gbps via AT&T Business Fiber, a 1 Gig Internet service available to businesses in AT&T fiber-ready buildings.

“We’re proud to bring the St. Louis metro AT&T’s ultra-fast Internet speeds over our AT&T GigaPower and Business Fiber networks. This announcement is yet another example of AT&T’s continued investment in the advanced infrastructure that businesses and consumers in Missouri want and need,” said John Sondag, president, AT&T Missouri. “Today, we mark just the beginning of our AT&T GigaPower service and we continue to work diligently to expand it and our Business Fiber network to additional locations throughout St Louis.”

AT&T GigaPower
AT&T GigaPower offers a wide range of Internet speeds all the way up to 1 Gbps for as low as $90 a month. AT&T GigaPower customers have access to the latest Wi-Fi technology. They can enjoy a faster in-home Wi-Fi experience, faster Wi-Fi speeds, expanded coverage and support for all of their devices. Customers may be able to choose DIRECTV or U-verse TV services. AT&T offers single-, double- and triple-play offerings to make it easy for customers to meet all of their needs in one stop.

The AT&T GigaPower network is currently available in over 2.2 million locations across 27 of the nation’s largest metro areas. The company has plans to expand the availability of speeds up to 1 Gbps in parts of 29 more areas — at least 56 metros in total. Ultimately, AT&T plans to reach more than 14 million residential and commercial locations with fiber.

AT&T Business Fiber
AT&T is investing in high-speed Internet in urban and rural areas using the latest wired and wireless technologies and has aggressively expanded its fiber footprint over the past few years, both to consumers and businesses. AT&T Business Fiber has expanded coverage to reach over 1 million incremental business customer locations in the U.S. with over 28,000 of those in Missouri. The company currently has around 1200 multi-tenant office buildings that are live with AT&T Business Fiber in Missouri.

AT&T has invested more than $1.3 billion in its wireless and wired networks in St. Louis between 2013 through 2015. These investments drive a wide range of upgrades to reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses.